Valve body with projecting seat



Feb. 26, 1952 c. A. GIAUQUE VALVE BODY WITH PROJECTING SEAT Filed Nov. 5o. 1945 m HIM HW Patented Feb. 26, Y1952 orricE VALVE Boor WITH PRoJEcrING SEAT Charles- A. Giauque, Berwyn, Ill., assignor to Crane Co., Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application November 30, 1945, Serial No. 631,879 1 Claim. (Cl.v 2514-156) Thisinvention relates to valves and moresp cically it is concerned With a novel form of Valve structure --i-n which the'valve body -is Lsui-tably formed so as to enable the operation of affixing valve seats more effectively than heretofore accomplished.

In vorder to obtain atru'e appreciation of my invention it should be understood that heretofore there has been a very serious problem in applying hardened valve seats successfully as, forexample, by the application of weld deposited metal such as Stellite. Conventional valve body design and shapes have not been conducive to making such deposits and since valve seats are extremely critical in their requirement for a uniform structure these past failures have been serious and consequently very expensive. In mose cases the valve seats have been positioned sufficiently far below the valve bonnet facing that it was virtually impossible to reach conveniently the valve seats by suitable weld deposits. As a result there have been valve bodies badly impaired or even permanently ruined because of the excessive application of heat in performance of the foregoing operation.

By the novel construction hereinafter described these objections have beenovercome and not only is the valve seat more easily weld deposited but the valve seats have also been rendered more easily machinable for the very fine finishes usually necessary. Y

Other objectives and advantages ovving from the use of mv device will become apparent in reading the followingr specification in light of the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a sectional assembly view of a valve embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the valve body referred to in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the valve body of Fig. 2.

Referring now to Fig. 1,the valve embodying my invention is shown to have a body I With the end connections 2 which may be either anged, screwed, welded or otherwise formed depending upon the service requirements encountered, and with a valve port 3 extending to the valve seat 4,

with a suitable connection through the chamber provided 'l ample, applied by weld ,deposit methods. Theseat Adjacent the-,abutting bonnetuconnections l is the. boltedbonnet I2 held to thebody I by means of the bolt studs I3. The bonnet I2 is preferably with a hollow portion or chamber I4 within which is the disc or closure member I5 having an inner end chamber IB and preferably, although not necessarily provided with a facing I1. The disc is mounted for reciprocable movement within the valve. Rotatably journalled Within the bonnet I2 is the stem I8 having at its lower portion a T head I9 for suitable connection to the closure member I5. The upper portion of the stem is threaded as at 2I so that upon rotation of the handwheel 22 the stemwill be reciprocably moved for opening and closing the valve. O`f course a non-rotatable rising stem may be employed if desired without affecting the scope of this contribution to the art. The upper portion of the bonnet I2 is provided with the usual stuing box 23 and the gland 24 with the gland T bolts 25 for compressing the packing within the said stuing box.

It will be apparent that the chambers 5 and I4 cooperate with the projecting valve seat 4 to permit of the use of the latter and also aid in making a compact valve assembly.

It will be further apparent that the4 structure allows of a relatively easy method of applying the facing 9 to the exposed proiecting valve seat 4. At the same time thel structure providingr the chamber 5 above the seat and within the bonnet I2 permits of the use of a novel disc or valve closure construction in combination therewith, protecting the chamber 5 against severe erosion and permitting'substantial ow through the body under high temperature and high pressure conditions.

Obviously the invention is capable of being applied to other forms of valve constructions, as for example with an angle or cross valve body, with equally desirable or beneficial results.

To those skilled in the art it will be quite apparent that the invention is capable of a wide variety of applications and it is therefore the desire not to be limited Ibeyond the terms of the appended claim.

I claim:

In a valve construction, the combination including a body with an inlet and outlet and a valve seat in the said body, a closure member, a bonnet for the said valve body having annularly arranged apertures and a plurality of means for attachment with said body and an abutting annular ange forming a connection on abutting surfaces between the said valve body and bonnet, the bonnet flange having the annularly arranged apertures to receive said plurality of annularly arranged attachment means for engagement with said body, the said bonnet having adjacent the said body connection and abutting surfaces an annular chamber of frusto-conical form, the l largest outer diameter thereof being defined by the inside diameter of the abutting surfaces of said annular flange connection'with the body, the said valve seat projecting beyond the abutting surfaces of said bonnet connection into the valve bonnet chamber'to dene substantially the smallest diameter of the said annular bonnet -chamber, the said chamber having its lower or base portion defined by an upper annular part o'f the body adjacent the said seat and the abutting surffacesof the annular connection'between the body -faind bonnet, fa relieved part lof the bonnet cham f'b'er vforming 'a'passa'ge between'the said fseat anrl the .body Vinlet -andoutlet `the Asaid closure member being guided 'within an upper cylindrical portion lof `the bonnet chamber and being provided Iwith aaff-rusto-coni'cal recess defined by an annular l'lip `to deflect 'flow :past .the seat downwardly into therelieved Ipart of the bonnet and into .the

said passage, the tapered walls of the trusteconical recess of the closure member when the latter is in open position forming a continuation of the tapered walls dening the lower or base, portion of the bonnet chamber, and in the closed position of the valve, the said tapered Walls of the truste-conical recess of the closure member engaging the rsaid valve seat whereby to align :and center the said bonnet attachment means with the said body.

CHARLES A. GIAUQUE.

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